Open AccessKeeping Off the Wrong Track on the Right Side
Author(s) -
Partho P. Sengupta,
Jagat Narula
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.12.007
Subject(s) - regurgitation (circulation) , inferior vena cava , cardiology , medicine , heart failure , tricuspid valve insufficiency , right heart , right heart failure
Presence of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with increasing mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure [(1)][1]. Severe TR leads to reversal of blood flow into the inferior vena cava (IVC), resulting in wasted myocardial work and worsening of right heart function,
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